MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 1

export(1) MPE/iX Shell and Utilities export(1)

NAME

export — mark names for export

SYNOPSIS

export [name[=value] ...]

export –p

DESCRIPTION

export marks each name so that the current shell exports it automatically to the environ-

ment of all commands executed from that shell. Exported variables are thus available in the

environment to all subsequent commands. Several commands (for example, cd(1), date(1),

vi(1)) look at environment variables for conﬁguration or option information.

Variable assignments of the form name=value assign value to name as well as marking name

for export.

Calling export without arguments lists, with appropriate quoting, the names and values of

all variables in the format:

Variable="value"

If you re-input this format to another shell, variables are assigned appropriately but not

exported. The –p option lists variables in a format suitable for re-input to the shell (see the

description of the –p option).

Options

export accepts the following option:

–p lists variables in the form

export name="value"

suitable for re-input to the shell.

DIAGNOSTICS

Possible exit status values:

0 Successful completion.

1 Failure due to invalid command line argument.

Messages

Because this utility is built into the

MPE/iX Shell, see the sh(1) man page for a complete list of

error messages that you may receive when using it.

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